Something most pet owners will face 5 Things This Tech Wishes You Knew Before Euthanizing | DrAndyRoark.com This is a topic we as humans rarely discuss or prepare for - but it is highly likely if you are *lucky* enough to have the supreme duty happen for you-you can do some planning ahead. Beyond what is in the article; think about if you want at home euthanasia. The vet comes to you. Your dog is surrounded by you - the other pets in your family and a totally familiar environment. Then see if those services are available to you in the area you reside. Check out if the services are available 24/7 and on a last minute basis. I wish I had thought to inquire about that when my Zoey had to be put to sleep. In the article it talks about trying to celebrate your dogs life - that might just be beyond your emotional strength to do at the time. But comfort and love and letting every touch of yours be filled with the love you feel - that is something I do feel very capable of giving. Be prepared to answer how your dogs remains are to be treated. Single cremation - burial - group cremation? Do you want a memorial statue or some other marker? And BTW know the bylaws in your area. Some areas particularly cities do not allow you to bury your dog on your grounds. The day of; if possible go with a close loved one - I drove to the vets office all in control - after I needed to be driven home. I do think having a meal prepared in advance or at least some stuff in the freezer you can quickly heat up is great. One way to think about this is just like in those happy days of preparing for your pups arrival, we do also have the responsibility to think and plan for end of life decisions. |
Thank you for addressing this all important and eventually essential task....hopefully, it will be a loving task.....but it will be traumatic and gut wrenching and emotionally draining to do what deep inside our hearts, we all know is a necessary evil. In home euthanasia is a wonderful thing that is spreading, albeit slowly, around the country....there are still vets that are stunned and amazed when they are asked to do this....but more and more of them realize this is such a comfort for the owners, as well as the patient..... I have been with all my babies as they crossed over....some I carried on my chest for several days, as they slept peacefully, before leaving me....several left at the vet office, and it absolutely killed me to send them on in a vet office, although the staff made it as absolutely calm and peaceful as possible, after hours.... I have had several of my angels cremated....and the rest, I have "buried" in huge pots.....those ones that look like they are all carved out of stone, but they weigh about 1 lb.....that way, when I move, my babies will always come with me......I paint a small heart on the pot, with the name of my baby that rests there.....and each pot has a beautiful plant flowering and blooming in the pot. I have gorgeous lillies in a pot....I have dwarf azalias in a couple of pots.....I have "Fairy Roses" in a couple of pots....I have Night Blooming Jasmine in two huge pots.....I have my precious baby girl that spent her most joyous time, chasing birds all over the yard, up and down the fence, she is resting peacefully in a beautiful pot that is thriving with Bird of Paradise plants.....I am ordering Angel Trumpet shrubs to plant in two more pots......all my precious babies have been Rosehill Yorkies, either as breeders or as just precious little mascots, and they will remain with me until I go for them all, at Rainbow Bridge.... |
Oh man...teared up just reading this, of course...but it's a very good article. |
We have a Vet that comes to our house DR. Lynn Henderson she had helped us say good by to 3 of our loved pets she is great I wouldn't do it any other way. |
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